Dubai
Emirate of Dubai
A port city that went vertical in a generation, with the tallest tower in the world and the desert forty minutes away.
Travel to the United Arab Emirates
Dubai and Abu Dhabi: the vertical, the desert, and two cities you can see on one trip.
The United Arab Emirates is made up of seven emirates, among them Abu Dhabi, the capital, and Dubai, the most populous. The two are about an hour and a half apart by motorway.
The country is served from Morocco by direct flights from Casablanca. The currency is the UAE dirham (AED), not to be confused with the Moroccan dirham: neither the same value nor the same code.
The climate sets the calendar: the travel season runs from November to March, summer being very hot and humid on the coast.
Cities
Abu Dhabi
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
The capital of the Emirates, steadier than Dubai, with the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the Louvre Abu Dhabi.